I just run lights. Full face lid means no ticket!

Glad someone said it! best bit of advice

he probably bought a knock off bike...

Vietnamese are doing is with Vespa, they are ALL OVER eBay selling fake shit



Great pick! now post pics!

http://www.triumph.co.uk/images/Rock...09_510x347.jpg

VMAX is not a pig, this is a pig - but holy mother of god it's a scary beast


edit: My first bike was a Yamaha Virago 750 and I learned in Orange County, Cali about 20 years ago. I do not currently own a bike but may get another soon

Sounds like you want a sport bike thats a harley.


Get a xr1200 , it does everything you'll want it to. BUT, get it after you've had a 250 for a year or two.


Be safe, not sorry. I've been riding for years and I always try to lower my risk as much as possible.

No his Enfield isnt fake, i said that they are peices of shit because they build these bikes on 50 year old technology and they are slow as hell, they are ment for cheap transport, not to have a fun ride.

i don't have to have cars around to split a lane. :pimp

enfield licensed the design to some Indian company in the 50's so they still make basically a 50's enfield even though the company went out of biz years ago

My first bike was a 600 Suzuki Katana or as everyone else calls it "can-a-tuna" haha!

Good looking bike but very tame compared to many higher end torquey bikes in the 600 range. Great bike to learn on and when you're ready for more power it's an easy bike to sell.

Personally my next bike will probably be a Honda VFR 800.

Congrats enjoy it! Keep the shiny side up :)

http://i.imgur.com/hsfA9.jpg

http://www.confederate.com/ :)

My very first bike ever was a 1981 Honda CB400T. Ahh the memories!

You are incorrect, unless your friend bought an old Enfield.


Today's Enfield is a 500cc with fuel injection, solid state ignition and a Harley-Davidson valve train.

So, if you come up to a two lane intersection, and you are the only vehicle there, you stop on the white lane dividing the two lanes?

What do the cars that come up behind you do?

http://www.royalenfield.com/

"Welcome to Royal Enfield Motorcycles | Motorcycle India"

in general, when i split lanes i don't stay on the stripes for long, i always ride just to the left/right of the stripes. but to answer your question, i do stay to the side, outside the tire track but inside the stripe. cars pulling up behind do what they usually do, pull up too close! no way around that one.

i don't do that in the right lane as cars wanting to turn right will pull up next to me and try to turn. but i have a tendency to stay in the left lanes/fast lanes anyway.

I knew I should have dissected his comment for some of you. Yes, I am fully aware that India sells them now. The part he was incorrect about, and that I was correcting him about was the claim that the technology was 50 years old. I made the mistake of presuming that you might pick that up with the following response I made to bm.

Sorry.

Again, not sure how you are splitting lanes if by yourself. Or why. I still stand by my contention that sitting at a signal, in gear is insane. I would never do it on a motorcycle or driving a standard transmission car.

no worries. all i said was i split the lane while stopped at intersections regardless of whether or not a car is there, i believe it's safer to be to the side of a lane sitting at a stoplight. my style.

as for staying in gear, it depends on whether or not i think the light will be changing soon, if i have to pull my underwear out of my ass, wipe the snot off my nose, etc. case by case basis depending on the situation.

Insane? You don't think that's a bit strongly worded?

Would it surprise you to find out that the Motorcycyle Safety Foundation disagrees with you. In fact, since you're so strongly ("insane") against keeping a bike in gear, and they in fact teach and reccomend it, it's fair to say they strongly disagree with you.

In fact, in the rider's handbook they publish as course material they have the following to say:

Honestly, I like you but from time to time you get these stubborn ideas in your head and it really seems like you refuse to apply critical thought to them. Perhaps back when you first started riding things were different with these "suicide clutches" you mention. Things change. We don't pump our brakes in a panic stop in cars anymore either, we just keep them firmly pressed for ABS to take care of it.

You mentioned you were going to ask your son and good girl what they were taught. You should do that. Bet the answer surprises you.

this is my motivation for *splitting* the lanes waiting at an intersection. I don't sit at intersections with my eyes glued to my rear view mirrors and ready to launch if i see a car approaching in such a way that makes me think i need to get out of the way. by sitting off to the side, i believe that puts me in a better spot to not get crashed into by a cager coming up unnoticed from behind. a pre-emptive escape plan.


:)

Nice bikes

100 bikes that come with training wheels.